Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Crisis Management

Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction; 3 2 Information Technology Trends Relevant to Crisis Management; 4 3 Information Technology Research Opportunities; 5 4 Achieving an Impact in the Crisis Management Community; 6 5 The Broader Context: Information Technology in Government; 7 Appendix A: Detailed Workshop Agenda and Participants; 8 Appendix B: Brief Case Studies of Crises; 9 Appendix C: Synopsis of the CSTB Report: Computing and Communications in the Extreme